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21 Phrases You Use Without Realising You’re Quoting Shakespeare

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This, from Mental_Floss is quite fun. Just watch out for the American spellings! 😉

“William Shakespeare devised new words and countless plot tropes that still appear in everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily recognisable; phrases like “To be or not to be,” “wherefore art thou Romeo,” and “et tu, Brute?” instantly evoke images of wooden stages and Elizabethan costumes. But an incredible number of lines from his plays have become so ingrained into modern vernacular that we no longer recognise them as lines from plays at all. Here are 21 phrases you use but may not have known came from the Bard of Avon.”

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